Hair-curler.



s. A. FISHER.

HAIR GUBLER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9 1909.

951,066, v Patented Mar.1,1910.

ANDREW AM co, PNOTO-LITNOGRAPNERS WASHINGTON, o, c

SELINA A. FISHER, OF HELENA, MONTANA.

HAIRGURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

Application filed February 9, 1909. Serial No. 476,969.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SELINA A. FISHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at l -lelena, in the county of Lewis and Clark, State ofMontana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curlers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers or wavers andmore particularly to that class adapted to curl or wave the hair withoutthe use of heat.

One object of the invention is the provision of an article of this classthat may be manufactured at an extremely low cost.

Further objects of the invention include the provision of a structure towhich the hair may be easily and quickly applied and from which it maybe readily removed, even should itbecome somewhat tangled. To providefor this ready removal of the hair in the event of its becoming tangled,the parts of the structure are arranged to be readily drawn apart.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in use. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the structure with the hair in lace. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the article with the hair removed.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a structure consisting ofa section of reed, bamboo or similar tubular material which constitutesthe roller 5, the bore of which is illustrated at 6. It is of courseimportant that a material be employed having a smooth non-adhesive outersurface over which the hair may be rolled and from which the roller maybe readily drawn endwise after the curling or waving has been effected.

In connection with the roller, there is employed a retainer, which inthe present instance is shown as a rubber band 7 which is removablyconnected with the roller through the medium of a common form of hairpin 8, the legs of which are adjusted astride of one side of the rubberband, so

that the band lies against the bight portion of the hair pin, the legsof which latter are then removably inserted within one end portion ofthe bore 6 of the roller.

In the use of the device, for waving the hair, the latter, beginning atthe end of the roller in which the hair pin is engaged, is slightlytwisted and wrapped snugly about the roller in the direction of theopposite end of the latter, the convolutions of the hair lying in closerelation. The rubber band is then taken longitudinally of the rollerover the hair and is wrapped about the roller beyond the free ends ofthe hair, so that that portion of the band between said wrapping of theband and the hair pin, lies close against the hair and serves to hold itsecurely upon the roller. Ordinarily, in re moving the hair from theroller, the rubber band is unwrapped from the roller and the latter isthen drawn from the hair, the band remaining connected with the rollerthrough the medium of the hair pin. In the event of. the hair becomingtangled in the band, or it for any other reason. it becomes difficult tountwist the band as above referred to, the hair pin may be easily andquickly withdrawn from the roller and the corresponding end of the bandreleased, when the roller may be drawn in the opposite direction fromthe hair. In the use of the device for curling the hair, the free end ofthe hair is first placed against the roller and the hair is then woundthereon, after which the rubber band is adjusted in the same manner asfor waving. It will be noted thatrubber band serves as a retainingmember for the hair.

WVhat is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a tubularroller formed of reed and having a continuous outer surface, a hair pinremovably engaged in one end portion of the bore of the roller, with itsbight portion projecting therefrom and an elastic band engaged with thebight portion of the hair pin and removable therefrom upon withdrawal ofthe hair pin from the roller.

In testimony whereof, I atliX my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

SELINA A. FISHER. lVitnesses M. GILLIS, GEO. H. CHANDLEE.

